Stencils/Masks-Made and Found!

I thought it would be fun to share some of the masks/stencils that I use for gelli printing with you. I have several bought ones, but I actually prefer the ones I make or find.

The stars were made with a punch, the leaf was tracked into the house, the bird and the tent were cut out of acetate, the rings were made with a circle punch, hot glue was used on the two figures beside the tent, and a stiff gold ribbon, which makes great little square dots...

The horse was cut from a photo printed onto photo paper that I didn't use for the project it was meant for, I used a punch for the blue ball and also the bottom with round holes, the woman was cut from acetate, the arched shape and the large bird were cut from cardstock, as was the little egg shape and the diamond shape, the little bird stencil was cut from an envelope stamp, and the leaf/eye shape was cut from a gelli print background...

The rectangle with the three arches was cut from cardstock, the black is a torn paper, the circles were made with a punch, as was the green paper with the round hole in it, the bird is the stencil made from cutting the mask out and is not attached to the heart, which is a paper doily found at the Dollar Tree. I also use the ribbon for various effects.

You can look through some of the previous posts to see how I used these to make backgrounds with the paint on the gelli plate.

These are so much fun to make/find and use, and I have a ton of ideas for more. What I need to do now is use all those backgrounds that I have already made!